McCoy Tyner Style Slow Blues Tutorial

The Midi file of my solo as well as the backing track used in this video and a notation file of my solo are available at http://www.lot2learn.com A huge thanks to Maestro Rob (Volvoxburger) for volunteering to use his outstanding musical composition and analytical skills to add annotations to this improvisation using the Youtube collaborative annotation feature. While my notes are in blue, his annotations are in his characteristic Volvox Green. His keen observations should be given careful attention, and to paraphrase what he has told me in reference to my improvisation in this piece: "I know that you are not overtly or consciously making those things I wrote happen, it's just part of the experience of directly communicating with music. It is important that the improvisationalist get to the point where they are thinking about making a musical statement instead of just playing licks, it's part of the experience of directly communicating with music." Well-said Maestro Volvoxburger. This is another installment in my McCoy Tyner style tutorial series. My previous tutorials were done at a fairly quick tempo, so for this tutorial, I have chosen a slower (120 BPM) modified C Minor blues to demonstrate some of the techniques that give that "McCoy" type sound. It includes heavy use of 4ths voicings in the left hand and pentatonics in the right hand. Syncopation, anticipation and rhythmic variation are all key ingredients found in this solo. The midi keys should help to give a clearer view of the notes I am playing.